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Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South
Charles L. Hughes
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Description for Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGL; AVGQ; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama--what Charles L. Hughes calls the ""country-soul triangle."" In legendary studios like Stax and FAME, integrated groups of musicians like Booker T. and the MGs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section produced music that both challenged and reconfirmed racial divisions in the United States. Working with artists from Aretha Franklin ... Read more
In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama--what Charles L. Hughes calls the ""country-soul triangle."" In legendary studios like Stax and FAME, integrated groups of musicians like Booker T. and the MGs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section produced music that both challenged and reconfirmed racial divisions in the United States. Working with artists from Aretha Franklin ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
413g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469633428
SKU
V9781469633428
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About Charles L. Hughes
Charles L. Hughes is assistant professor of history at Oklahoma State University.
Reviews for Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South
A valuable corrective to the misleading renderings so often encountered in the literature about the period and in the popular imagination."" -Memphis Magazine A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the apparent spaces of racial harmony in the country-soul triangle.-Journal of Southern History An essential piece of Southern musical history.-Kirkus Reviews A powerful work.-Library Journal An eye-opening corrective ... Read more